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World Learning is a private, nonprofit international organization that performs academic and field projects through its four program units, including the Experiment in International Living, School for International Training, World Learning for International Development and World Learning for Business. The organization offers a wide range of services, such as international exchange, abroad studies, sustainable development, teacher education, language training and nongovernment organization management. It promotes international and intercultural understanding, democracy, social justice and economic development through education, training and field projects worldwide. World Learning is the member of the Federation of National Representations of the Experiment in International Living, a group of private, nonprofit, nonpolitical and nondenominational organizations.

The Institute for International Economics is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution devoted to the study of international economic policy. Since 1981 the Institute has provided timely, objective analysis and concrete solutions to key international economic problems. Its audience includes government officials and legislators, business and labor leaders, management and staff at international organizations, university-based scholars and their students, other research institutions and nongovernmental organizations, the media and the public at large. Its agenda emphasizes global macroeconomic topics, international money and finance, trade and related social issues, investment and the international implications of new technologies. The Institute moved into its own award-winning building, which includes full conference and videoconferencing facilities in Washington, D.C., in 2001.

Founded in 1907, United Press International is one of the leading providers of critical information to media outlets, businesses, government agencies and researchers in the world. It maintains operations in Lebanon, Hong Kong, London, Chile, Korea and Tokyo. The organization licenses and distributes content to newspapers, magazines, policy groups and academic institutions. It offers a range of products in news brief and analysis formats. United Press International maintains NewsTrack, which is a newswire that is comprised of more than five topic-specific channels, including top news, entertainment, business, health, science, sports and quirks. Its Emerging Threats division features perspectives on terrorism and insurgency, pandemic influenza and cyber threats. The organization serves clients in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. It is owned by News World Communications, which is a global multimedia company.